Companies operating in Latin America should be aware that data protection authorities (DPAs) there are increasing guidance and enforcement, said panelists during a webinar Tuesday sponsored by TrustArc, a privacy compliance vendor.
The California Privacy Protection Agency won't make further significant changes to proposed rules in a controversial rulemaking on automated decision-making technology (ADMT) and other subjects, according to a draft released Tuesday. Meanwhile, in a proceeding on creating a data-deletion mechanism, the agency proposed several clarifications on data broker responsibilities. The CPPA posted those and other materials ahead of Thursday’s scheduled board meeting (see 2507110055).
Wikipedia's operator will argue in London's High Court of Justice this week that upcoming provisions of the U.K. Online Safety Act (OSA) could classify the site incorrectly and hence threaten the privacy of those Wikipedia contributors who choose to remain anonymous.
The proposed AI moratorium could “absolutely” be reintroduced in some form, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told us last week.
Ireland's first mass-litigation case could have major implications for tech companies that process data under the General Data Protection Regulation, Pinsent Masons commercial litigation attorney Zara West blogged Thursday.
President Donald Trump’s firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter violated the FTC Act’s removal protections, a federal judge ruled Thursday, reinstating Slaughter at the agency. The White House said it will appeal.
Noting the harms social networks pose to children, several California senators supported a bill Wednesday that would add warning labels to the platforms. Though several groups and members of the public supported the legislation, several senators raised concerns that AB-56 would be challenged in court and industry attacked warning labels as an inadequate solution.
A proposed change to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) about publicly available information hit a temporary roadblock Wednesday in the Assembly Privacy Committee. Sen. Aisha Wahab (D) said she planned to work with California businesses over the summer to refine SB-435, which failed to clear the committee but is still alive. “We are deeply committed [to] working with industry.”
The Senate Privacy Subcommittee will hold a hearing later this month on comprehensive privacy legislation, Chair Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told us Thursday.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld Texas' law requiring age verification to access adult websites (see 2506270041) will have a ripple effect, prompting the creation of similar laws in states along with constitutional questions about how and where age verification can happen, said privacy experts in recent blog posts. Similarly, advocacy groups that disagreed with the high court's decision argued it may embolden other states to expand the definition of off-limits material, further challenging the First Amendment and ultimately letting politicians make content decisions (see 2507070037).